UAE- Son takes to drugs after watching father do the same

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The youngster was reportedly caught smoking hashish while his father was arrested for allegedly taking hashish heroin amphetamine and tramadol.

a teenager has been sent to juvenile delinquent reformatory and his father remanded in police custody for allegedly taking drugs.

the youngster was reportedly caught smoking hashish while his father was arrested for allegedly taking hashish heroin amphetamine and tramadol.

according to police records the boy was suspected of smoking hashish in the toilet of the institution where he was studying after the supervisors there found him in an “abnormal state” and called the police. policemen reportedly found two small pieces of hashish in his wallet. the teen allegedly admitted during interrogation that he had taken hashish.

he also reportedly said he had obtained the contraband from his father’s bedroom when the latter was asleep.

the teen also reportedly told police that his father was taking a cocktail of drugs some of which were unknown to him.

when the police interrogated the father the older man reportedly confessed he was on drugs. however he said he did not know about his son smoking hashish or stealing the drug from his own stash. forensic laboratory reports showed both the father and son had taken drugs.

a source in the public prosecution office said the teenager was sent to the reformatory after a report on his psychological condition.

he is now going to be put under observation and be treated for his addiction.

the source said the incident showed the teen was influenced by the behaviour of his father.

he had told investigators that he had seen his father and the latter’s friends taking drugs and was influenced by their behaviour.

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